Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia: two reports from late April 2026

What did the news from Ukraine's south-east look like on 27 April 2026? Two reports, two days apart, pointed to civilian and infrastructure risks in different regions.

Dnipro: a heavy overnight toll

On 25 April 2026, an overnight Russian drone and ballistic missile attack on Dnipro killed ten people and injured 49 others. Dnipro has been struck repeatedly during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Those attacks have led to more than one hundred fatalities and about one thousand injuries among the civilian population, according to later background accounts.

Zaporizhzhia: a worker reported killed

On 27 April 2026, Russia-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said a worker had been killed in a Ukrainian attack. The claim came from the officials installed by Russia at the site, and it was reported as their statement.

The plant has been at the centre of a nuclear safety crisis since Russian forces attacked and occupied it during the Battle of Enerhodar on 4 March 2022. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, and Ukraine has described the occupation as an act of nuclear terrorism by Russia.

What the two reports show

Taken together, the reports show how the war reached both a large city and a occupied nuclear site within the same three-day span. In Dnipro, the figures were casualties from a combined drone and missile strike. At Zaporizhzhia, the report concerned a death at a facility whose status has been contested since the occupation began.

The two accounts differ in kind. The Dnipro figures were a toll from an attack, while the Zaporizhzhia report was an assertion by officials installed by Russia, attributing responsibility to Ukraine. Both underline that, as of 27 April 2026, people in both places continued to bear the direct costs of the war.